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== Unpacking Process == | == Unpacking Process == | ||
Currently we no longer need to directly unpack the game pak files thanks to Multitool updates. Instead, you can index your files and unpack the files as you need them. This saves you some hard drive space as BG3 has a lot of files. | Currently we no longer need to directly unpack the game pak files thanks to Multitool updates. Instead, you can index your files and unpack the files as you need them. This saves you some hard drive space as BG3 has a lot of files. | ||
=== Index "Unpacking" === | |||
In Multitool, go to {{InfoBlob|Utilities > Index > Index Pak Files}} and this will now index all the unpacked pak files. Much quicker and easier to maintain than unpacking all needed paks. | In Multitool, go to {{InfoBlob|Utilities > Index > Index Pak Files}} and this will now index all the unpacked pak files. Much quicker and easier to maintain than unpacking all needed paks. | ||
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* A menu will appear similar to below: | * A menu will appear similar to below: | ||
** As of Patch 4, when a new patch is released, the hotfix paks get implemented into the main paks. | ** As of Patch 4, when a new patch is released, the hotfix paks get implemented into the main paks. | ||
==== Index Search Unpacking ==== | |||
If you know the name used commonly on assets you want to unpack you can use index search once it has finished indexing to unpack specific assets. And alternatively all those that share that commmon name. | |||
For example: | |||
Here I search for all GR2 assets using the filter to only show GR2 Assets as shown below | |||
[[File:Multitool Filter.webp|600px]] | |||
Then I search for NKD_Head as shown below. | |||
[[File:Multitool Extract Selected.webp|600px]] | |||
* Now this will extract more than just the races we can play as but will use considerably less space than extracting the whole of the models.pak if all I want to do is create head mods. You can also use this to go through the list to select specific assets you want to extract. This is not exclusive to GR2's just pick the assets you want to filter and then you can extract. | |||
** be aware of your hard drive space where you placed the multitool as it will create a {{InfoBlob|UnpackedData}} folder where it extracts these files to. | |||
=== Manually Unpacking === | |||
If you still want to unpack game paks manually rather than unpacking individual files via the new method you can use {{InfoBlob|'''Utilities''' > '''Game File Operations''' > '''Unpack Game Files'''.}} | |||
* Generally this is only advised if you have more than enough hard drive space to dedicate to unpacked files. As they can take up quite a bit of space. | |||
* A menu will appear similar to below | |||
** as of Patch 4 when a new patch is released the hotfix packs get implemented into the main paks | |||
[[File:Unpack paks.webp]] | [[File:Unpack paks.webp]] | ||